By Shin Densetsu from TFW2005:2005 boards member jrxcombinetrain has posted the 1st picture review of Autobot Jazz With Captain Lennox from the Human Alliance line which now continues as under Hunt For The Decepticons! The new images also reveal previously unknown features, like the retractable visor! Jrxcombinetrain states that this is the best Human Alliance figure by far. Fans have been wanting a better movie Jazz figure since 2007.

By NIBMRatchet from TFW2005:Few rumors were flying around that actress Tania Gunadi will voice a character in the upcoming Hasbro CGI TV Series; Transformers: Prime. But, Tania confirmed her role in Transformers: Prime via her Twitter account."Working with Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) and Frank Welker (Megatron) is sooooo cool!!!!!"

Amazingly enough, this twitter update is 5 months old. TFW2005 Members know that the first documented confirmation of Peter Cullen's involvement in the series came only 2 months ago. Here we see that Tania not only mentioned about Mr. Cullen but also about Mr. Frank Welker as well.

By Sol Fury from TFW2005:Sega of Japan has gone live with their website for their two new Transformers Animated Japan themed arcade games - Transformers Animated The Chase, and Transformers Animated the Shooting. With every 100 yen game, the machines dispense a collector card which can be used to power up your characters in game. The cards themselves have photos of the Transformers Animated toys - including a group of new toy-repaints who have not been announced yet anywhere in the world! There are also some better looks at a couple of upcoming toys namely Rodimus, Waspinator and Swindle. The new toys shown off are Midnight Jazz (black redeco of Animated Jazz), Super Sonic Blurr (redeco of Blurr with red highlights instead of two-tone blue), Chromia (blue redeco of Arcee) and Blackarachnia Elita-1 Version (Animated Blackarachnia in Generation 1 Elita-1's pink colors). At this time it is unknown if these were created for the game only, or if they might see release somewhere.

As you can see from the data above, the game has been a major success in its first week of release in the United States. It has also preformed admirably in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. War for Cybertron placed first on each console in the United states and number 1 and 4 in total number of units moved over all consoles.

By Sol Fury from TFW2005:Takara-Tomy have been releasing the latest wave of Revenge of the Fallen toys - the Hunt for the Decepticons imprint - in Japan as the Autobot Alliance series. So far, none of the Japanese releases have been noteworthy beyond simply being given the usual Japanese reference number. Until now, that is. Enter - Takara-Tomy's AA-08 Elita-1, a completely new toy unique to Japan. Well, maybe completely new is not the right term - she's a redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Arcee instead of the Chromia redeco that Hasbro has opted for. However, for those of you dissatisfied with the third bike sister shown already, now you have a choice of molds, colors and decos to finish the trio with.

By Sol Fury from TFW2005:While most of us have been busy deciding which of the three War for Cybertron pre-order exclusive character unlocks to obtain, UK online gamestore Shopto.net had a preorder exclusive of their own - a free Transformers Starscream toy. most of us paid no attention to the offer, as it looked like all they were offering was a Legends of Cybertron Starscream toy.

By Deefuzz from TFW2005:The BotCon 2010 convention is now behind us but some of it has been frozen in time for you to experience over and over again! If have not already taken the chance to enjoy BotCon vicariously through the WTF @ TFW Podcast team here is a catch all post of what you have missed (and links to help you catch up)!

WTF @ BotCon 01 - Saw the first arrivals to Orlando and some early opinions of Transformers War for Cybertron and Transformers Exodus.

By Deefuzz from TFW2005:A listing has just appeared on the Xbox Live Marketplace revealing an upcoming downloadable content (DLC) pack for Transformers War for Cybertron.

The title of the DLC is Map and Character Pack #1 totaling in at 377 MB. The details of the listing read as such:

Become the ultimate weapon and wage war in four new maps – engage in multiplayer combat in HAVOC and FORTRESS or fend off waves of Autobots in DISTRICT, and Decepticons in FORSAKEN, two new Escalation mode maps. Also gain access to 5 characters and their chassis for use in Escalation mode and Multiplayer character creation; SCATTERSHOT, ONSLAUGHT, DEMOLISHOR, SHOCKWAVE and JAZZ are ready for battle. Fight to the end in the war that started it all!

The most notable difference is that the ROTF look has been abandoned and instead of the complete reddish look, we've been treated with more Silver, Yellow and a dash of Red ("Power Core Combiners", "Hunt For The Decepticons" and "Generations" colors respectively).

By Tim Formas from TFW2005:Get ready to take out a second mortgage. Following the simultaneous release of almost every assortment from the first wave of Hunt for the Decepticons and Generations lines, Battle Ops Bumblebee has been released at retail in the United States. The figure was sighted at the KMart store in Des Plaines, Illinois for $59.99.

Check out picture proof of the sighting by clicking on the thumbnail to the left.

By Joe Moore from TFW2005:With just under 4 weeks to go (ends July 26th), we are in the stretch run for the TFW2005 Boombox Contest. The entries so far have been impressive, with Robot Heroes designs taking over right now. Remember, we are giving away 10 variant package Head Robots to the lucky winners, courtesy of Kapow Toys. And the winning art and custom entries will be used to create the Boombox Resources entry here at TFW2005.

By Sol Fury from TFW2005:Amazon.co.jp has also updated their preorder page with higher resolution images of Alternity Thundercracker. While you may have seen these images before, odds are you have not seen them in this high a definition. One thing to note when viewing these images are that they are probably not the final product - they appear to be photoshops of the official images released for Alternity Skywarp. However they give a very good idea of what the final toy might look like! Check out the images on Amazon by clicking on the link above, or alternatively click the title of this story or the link below to view our mirror of the images: